Well, I'll give the obvious answer. I've ridden a Thruxton and owned a Sprint 955. I think the Thruxton will make your shoulder issue worse. The bars are lower than the Sprint's.
How about a Bonneville instead? Alternatively you can put regular bars on the Thruxton but that's a bit involved. A different ride than the Sprint, much more relaxed.
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Originally Posted by Mi-KEY
Hi All,
I may be asking for advice already given, but my searches haven't yielded anything yet.
At the moment I am thinking about a second bike. My current ride is a Sprint ST.
I looked at the Street and Speed Triples (plus other Non Trumpy's - Yuck. The Street gave me a huge grin, and felt like I could have a LOT of fun, but also like I would be wringing it's neck everytime I rode it, and the Speed... Well it felt like a trip to an early coffin. Such a Hooligans bike. :-)
So I was thinking maybe a different tach could be the go. The Thruxton has caught my eye now, but have not even sat upon one, let alone ridden it yet.
Until I get the chance to do this, can anyone please give me their observations and advice when thinking about this type of bike? Also if anyone has ridden both the Sprint ST and Thruxton would you be so kind as to supply some comparisons?
Apart form the 1050 Sprint ST, my only other road bikes have been a (much) older Zooki GSX400E, and a honda CB175 a million years ago. Plus Honda Road trails and MX'ers when I was learning.
If this is of any use, I am nearing 40, and have a very ordinary left shoulder that fatigues badly on the Sprint after about 300 hard kilometres... Would the Thruxton further exacerbate this sort of problem?
Thanks everyone,
Mike
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